Jim Justice

Conservative

Republican

Senator

West Virginia

Current Position: Senator of West Virginia

Running For: N/A

Policy Positions

For protecting Social Security and Medicare benefits for seniors
For cutting taxes on military retirement and Social Security benefits
For strong military funding to ensure technology, manpower, training, and equipment for national defense
For raising sales taxes and against budget cuts to health and education spending
For the $1.9 trillion COVID stimulus package proposed by President Biden; urged Senator Manchin to vote for it
For President Trump's across-the-board tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China announced in January 2025

For cryptocurrency and AI innovation with clear regulatory framework; against central bank digital currency
Against federal minimum wage increase to $15 per hour; expressed concern that too high a minimum wage could lead to unemployment while acknowledging difficulty of living on current wages

For capping insulin prices
For maintaining West Virginia's Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act
Against the American Health Care Act (GOP House bill to repeal Affordable Care Act), saying it would 'cripple [West Virginia] beyond belief'
For COVID-19 vaccination; encouraged West Virginians to get vaccinated and promoted vaccination against the disease in accordance with medical experts

Against political indoctrination in schools; for returning to basics like reading, writing, and math
For school choice including charter schools, micro-schools, and Hope Scholarship program
For restoring local control of education and cutting federal education bureaucracy
For increased teacher and school personnel pay and expanded computer science education

For American energy independence including coal, natural gas, and oil production
For supporting the coal industry throughout his political career

Against abortion rights; supports legislation stopping nearly all abortions in West Virginia, applauded overturning of Roe v. Wade, and supports federal limits on late-term abortion
Against taxpayer-funded abortion and abortion-on-demand up to moment of birth
For respecting Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage as settled law, but signed legislation prohibiting gender-affirming care for minors
Against business discrimination against LGBTQ customers; opposed 2017 'religious freedom' bill that would have allowed businesses to refuse service to LGBTQ customers

For confirming conservative federal judges who uphold the Constitution
For felony penalties for protests targeting oil and gas facilities; signed 2020 Critical Infrastructure Protection Act creating such penalties

For securing the border, building the wall, and returning to Trump-era immigration policies
For supporting Israel and maintaining strong U.S.-Israel relationship

For Second Amendment rights; opposes gun control and confiscation measures
For allowing concealed carry on college campuses through Campus Self-Defense Act
For supporting law enforcement with increased funding and pay; opposes defunding the police
For measures to crack down on drug trafficking and expand access to substance abuse treatment and mental health care